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Of the three girls that recently joined the basketball team,

A

B

C

Frieda is the tallest.

D

a.

A

b.

B

c.

C

d.

D

STRUCTURE

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CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS

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Sentences must have a subject and a predicate and

express a complete thought.

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A subject is the sentence part that tells who or what the

sentence is about.

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A predicate is the sentence part that describes what the

subject is or what the subject is doing.

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A clause is a group of words with a subject and a

predicate.

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An independent clause stands alone and expresses a

complete thought.

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A dependent clause needs an independent clause to

complete its meaning.

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The parts of speech are noun, verb, helping verb,

adjective, adverb, and preposition.

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For subject-verb agreement, the subject of a sentence

must match the verb in number.

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Familiarize yourself with the common pitfalls involving

subject-verb agreement.

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For pronoun agreement, a pronoun and its antecedent

must match in number.

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Know how to identify common pronoun errors and

troublesome pronouns.

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Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns.

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Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

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Review the common grammatical mistakes involving

modifiers and problem modifiers.

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Avoid using two negative pronouns or modifiers in one

sentence.

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Learn how to create the comparative and superlative

forms of modifiers.

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The five basic verb forms are infinitive, present tense,

present participle, past tense, and past participle.

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Study and memorize the forms of the most common

irregular verbs.

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Review the common errors involving verb tense and

problem verbs.

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Review and memorize common prepositional idioms.

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